Government: Marriage to be recognised in the tax system for gay and straight couples

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I’m sick and tired of hearing the Marriage Bill not being in the manifesto. The NHS reforms weren’t either and not one complaint about that, but Equal Marriage was in the Contract for Equalities released alongside the manifesto on the same day so the opposition really can’t say it wasn’t public knowledge.

Since when was Conor Burns a strong supporter of equal marriage? Just last October he was arguing against it and although he voted in favour at the second reading he had to be guilted into doing so and he absented himself from the third reading. Hardly unequivocal support.

Yeah, just what we need. More special cases, exemptions and bonuses you need to annually apply for in our tax system.

If we’re talking about manifesto commitments I distinctly remember both the Lib Dems and the Tories promising to simplify the tax code before the 2010 election. Where is the evidence of that occurring eh?

And so we should be, it is a pity that pension rights will only accrue, in our case from 2005, an amendment from Lord Alli was lost in the House of Lords debate which would have given us pension rights from the start of our relationship 36 years ago. With a partner suffering from cancer, and losing his job, because of hospital visits etc, one has been left to financially support him, for the past three years.

When same-sex marriage and heterosexual marriage are equal, I’ll call them both marriage. But that’s not the proposal. The bill perpetuates pension discrimination to the disadvantage of couples in a same-sex marriage, and whilst that persists, there is no equality. So PN is right to make the distinction.

This come from Evangelical Christians, more specifically from the Centre for Social Justice, a right-wing think-tank and policy unit which is deeply embedded in the Tory party, and heavily Christian influenced. Former wing nuts include Philippa “I cure gay people” Stroud, who could get elected so IDS make her his right-hand-man in the DWP. It’s time to pay the Evangelicals back.

Whole thing is a massive con, won’t help 99% of gay ppl and only a few straights. See New Statesman article.